so unlike iraq where they stopped the program and no one knew and thought they were still going for it, u.s. officials are confident that they have not made that key destoicision to g from capability to bomb. >> do you think u.s. -- do you think we'd ever see u.s. military action in iran? and if so, what would that look like? >> well, the president and the secretary of defense and a variety of american officials have repeated that old tired phrase that they won't take any option off the table. so what do they mean by that? they mean that they have active planning for the use of military force against iran if that were to become necessary. it's not necessary now, but like any good government or military, you plan for your options. so i know for a fact having spoken to high level military officers that they have a variety of plans in place. i think most of them involve the use of drones, missiles, air strikes, not u.s. troops on the ground, t attacks at specific facilities. if it were to come to that. and they're prepared to go there if that's what's needed. but no one is looking to go t